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JER 39:1–39:10 ©

The snatching of Yerushalem

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39:1 The snatching of Yerushalem

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39in/on/at/with_year the_ninth of_Tsedeqḩ/(Zedek)iah the_king of_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) in/on/at/with_month the_tenth he_came Nebuchadnezzar the_king of_Bāⱱelh and_all army_his to Yərūshālayim and_laid_siege to_it.
2in/on/at/with_one_of ten year of_Tsedeqḩiah in/on/at/with_month the_fourth in/on/at/with_ninth of_the_month it_was_broken_into the_city.
3And_they_came all the_officials of_the_king of_Bāⱱelh and_they_lived in/on/at/with_gate the_middle wwww chief wwww wwww wwww chief wwww [the]_Rab- saris wwww chief wwww [the]_Rab- mag and_all the_rest of_the_officials of_the_king of_Bāⱱelh.
4And_he/it_was just_as saw_them Tsedeqḩiah the_king of_Yəhūdāh and_all/each/any/every the_men the_fighting and_fled and_they_went_out night from the_city the_way of_the_garden the_king in/on/at/with_gate between the_walls and_he/it_went_out the_way the_ˊₐrāⱱāh.
5And_pursued the_army of_[the]_ones_from_Kasdiy after_them and_overtook DOM Tsedeqḩiah in/on/at/with_plains of_Yərīḩō/(Jericho) and_they_took DOM_him/it and_brought_up_him to Nebuchadnezzar the_king of_Bāⱱelh Riblah_at in_land of_Ḩₐmāt and_he/it_spoke with_him/it judgements.
6And_slaughtered the_king of_Bāⱱelh DOM the_sons of_Tsedeqḩ/(Zedek)iah in/on/at/with_Riblah before_eyes_his and_DOM all the_nobles of_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) he_slaughtered the_king of_Bāⱱelh.
7And_DOM the_eyes of_Tsedeqḩiah he_made_blind and_bound_him in/on/at/with_fetters to_take DOM_him/it Bāⱱelh_to.
8And_DOM the_house the_king and_DOM the_house the_people they_burned the_Kasdim in/on/at/with_fire and_DOM the_walls of_Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem) they_pulled_down.
9And_DOM the_rest the_people the_left in/on/at/with_city and_DOM the_wildernessers who they_had_fallen on/upon/above_him/it and_DOM the_rest the_people the_remained he_took_into_exile wwww wwww[fn] [the]_chief of_[the]_bodyguards Bāⱱelh.
10And_from the_people the_poor who there_[belonged]_not to/for_them anything he_left Nebuzaradan [the]_chief of_[the]_bodyguards in_land of_Yəhūdāh and_he/it_gave to/for_them vineyards and_fields in_the_day (the)_that.

39:9 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.


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Nebuchadnezzar’s Final Campaign against Judah

2 Kings 23:19-25:30; Jeremiah 39

The final collapse of the southern kingdom of Judah as an independent nation came at the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 586 B.C. Judah had already become a vassal of Egypt in 609 B.C. when King Josiah was killed by Pharaoh Neco at Megiddo (see “Josiah Battles Neco” map). Then in 605 B.C., after Egypt and Assyria were defeated by Nebuchadnezzar at Carchemish, Judah’s vassal loyalty transferred to Babylon. At that time, some of the Judean nobility were sent into exile, including Daniel and his friends (Daniel 1:1-7). Several years later in 597 B.C. a second exile occurred in retaliation for King Jehoiakim’s refusal to continue paying tribute to Babylon, and this likely included the prophet Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:1-3). Finally, in 586 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar conquered many of the fortified towns throughout Judah and destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple after King Zedekiah refused to submit to his Babylonian overlords any longer. Nebuchadnezzar began this campaign into Judah by heading south along the Great Trunk Road and dividing his forces near Aphek, sending some of them to Jerusalem from the north and others from the southwest. At some point during his siege of Jerusalem, King Hophra of Egypt advanced toward Judah to support Judah’s rebellion against Babylon, and Nebuchadnezzar lifted the siege to confront Hophra (Jeremiah 37:5-8). It is unclear exactly what transpired between Hophra’s forces and Nebuchadnezzar’s forces, but apparently Hophra’s forces returned to Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar’s forces returned to finish besieging Jerusalem. When the Babylonians finally breached the main northern wall, it became clear that all hope was lost, and King Zedekiah and his sons fled on horseback through a gate at the southeastern corner of Jerusalem (see “Jerusalem during the Early Old Testament” map). They followed the Ascent of Adummim toward Jericho, perhaps seeking to escape to Ammon, but the Babylonians captured Zedekiah and his sons on the plains of Jericho and sent them to Riblah. There they killed Zedekiah’s sons, blinded Zedekiah, and sent him to Babylon to die in exile. After completely destroying Jerusalem and the Temple, the Babylonians sent many other Judean nobles and their families to Babylon (see “Judah Is Exiled to Babylon” map) and appointed a Judean named Gedaliah as governor over the region at Mizpah, thus bringing an end to the independent kingdom of Judah. Around this time it also appears that the Edomites took advantage of Judah’s vulnerable situation and captured territory for themselves in the Negev. In response, the prophets Obadiah and Ezekiel pronounced blistering curses upon the Edomites (Obadiah 1:1-21; Ezekiel 25:12-14).

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Temple of the Lord

The Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, where all Israelite males were commanded to offer sacrifices to the Lord (Exodus 23:14-19; Deuteronomy 16:16-17), underwent several stages of reconstruction and development over hundreds of years. The first Temple was built by King Solomon to replace the aging Tabernacle, and it was constructed on a threshing floor on high ground on the north side of the city (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). Hundreds of years later King Hezekiah expanded the platform surrounding the Temple. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the Temple was completely destroyed (2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 52:1-30). It was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after a group of Jews returned to Judea from exile in Babylon (Ezra 1:5-6:15; Nehemiah 7:5-65). Herod the Great completely rebuilt and expanded the Temple once again around 20 B.C., making it one of the largest temples in the Roman world. Jesus’ first believers often met together in Solomon’s Colonnade, a columned porch that encircled the Temple Mount, perhaps carrying on a tradition started by Jesus himself (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). But Herod’s Temple did not last long: After many Jews revolted against Rome, the Romans eventually recaptured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.

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Judah Is Exiled to Babylon

Daniel 1; 2 Kings 24-25; 2 Chronicles 36; Jeremiah 39; 52

One of the most significant events in the story of the Old Testament is the exile of Judah to Babylon in 586 B.C. This event–actually the third in a series of exiles to Babylon (the others occurring in 605 B.C. and 597 B.C.)–precipitated several crises in the nation and in Judaism. The northern kingdom of Israel had already been exiled to Assyria over a century earlier in 722 B.C. (2 Kings 15:29; 17:1-6; 1 Chronicles 5:26; see also “Israelites Are Exiled to Assyria” map), and in some ways that exile was even more devastating. Nevertheless, the Temple of the Lord remained intact in Jerusalem as a place where the faithful could continue to offer their sacrifices. With the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of the Lord at the hands of the Babylonians, however, sacrifices could no longer be offered at the Tabernacle or Temple of the Lord (Leviticus 17:2-4; Deuteronomy 12:5-7), and the Lord’s promise to provide a land for his people and a descendant on the throne of David no doubt seemed abandoned. At the same time, however, the Judean exiles were allowed to maintain their religious traditions in Babylon, and many even began to thrive there, including Daniel and his friends, who served at the royal court (Daniel 1; see also “The Land of Exile” map). One of the last kings of Babylon expanded Babylonia further by capturing the desert oases of Dumah, Tema, Dedan, and Yathrib (see “Oases of the Arabian Desert” map), but eventually the Median Empire to the north merged with the Persian Empire to the southeast and conquered the Babylonian Empire. King Cyrus of Persia then decreed that the exiled Judeans, now called “Jews,” could return to their homeland if they desired (2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Ezra 1-2; see also “Jews Return from Exile” map).

JER 39:1–39:10 ©

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